Paul, you say your spotted's are in the basement? Is this entirely closed underground or are there still glass windows or doors. Just asking, because if so, the turtles can still be effected by the decreased outside photoperiod even though you may have a basking lamp on and the temp is still somewhat warm. If so, I would move them away from sight of any such windows so they react to the timed basking lamp and not the outside photoperiod. Just a thought. But, I concurr with the others, don't hibernate indoors unless, like Ken said, you go "all the way" with it. It is not a particularly simple task to get indoor temps to hover at 40-45 degrees for their hibernation and like previously said, can be a recipe for illness. I always hibernated my spotteds naturally outdoors. As soon as the spring temp hit 57 degrees they would be out again. I don't know why 57 was always the magic temp. Good luck.

-jg

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